SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHER AND PUPILS 



CHAPTER I 



BEYOND THE PASTURE BARS 



What does the author try to suggest by this title? 



Let each one of you keep account of the birds, beasts, in- 

 sects and flowers that you can find in your door yard; or on 

 your way to school ; or on your farm ; or in your park. With 

 each thing, put down some description of it, the date you found 

 it, and what it was doing and everything else you discovered 

 about it. 



Page 4. 



The ten folk in "bare skins" are: one eel, three newts or 

 salamanders, and six frogs. Those in shells were one snail 

 and four kinds of turtles. 



"Wild Birds in City Parks" is by Herbert and Alice Walter; 

 published by A. W. Mumfort, Chicago. It is an excellent bird 

 guide, price 40 cents postpaid. 



CHAPTER II 



THE CRAZY FLICKER 



Among the flicker's other thirty-five names are golden- 

 shafted woodpecker; clape; and yellow-hammer. 



Page 15. 



Flickers always have enormous families: they lay from five 

 to nine eggs, but the young so fill up the hole as they grow 

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